Method Generate

snowflake.go:135–162

Generate creates and returns a unique snowflake ID To help guarantee uniqueness - Make sure your system is keeping accurate system time - Make sure you never have multiple nodes running with the same node ID

()

// - Make sure your system is keeping accurate system time
// - Make sure you never have multiple nodes running with the same node ID
func (n *Node) Generate() ID {

	n.mu.Lock()

	now := time.Since(n.epoch).Nanoseconds() / 1000000

	if now == n.time {
		n.step = (n.step + 1) & n.stepMask

		if n.step == 0 {
			for now <= n.time {
				now = time.Since(n.epoch).Nanoseconds() / 1000000
			}
		}
	} else {
		n.step = 0
	}

	n.time = now

	r := ID((now)<<n.timeShift |
		(n.node << n.nodeShift) |
		(n.step),
	)

	n.mu.Unlock()
	return r
}

// Int64 returns an int64 of the snowflake ID
func (f ID) Int64() int64 {